PeterRS2 Posted July 21 Posted July 21 41 minutes ago, Travelingguy said: My brother teased me once by saying that I don’t have friends, I just know people. I still laugh about that one. Interesting! I wonder how many of us actually have real friends as opposed to people we are acquainted with, meet from time to time, chat with, enoy their company and so on - but who are "just people we know" well. As for friends with whom we are able to share information about all that we do in life including some pretty intimate details, I know I only have a few. jimmie50 and Vessey 2 Quote
vinapu Posted July 21 Posted July 21 5 hours ago, Keithambrose said: You have friends? and this is supossed to mean ? Quote
Popular Post vinapu Posted July 21 Popular Post Posted July 21 2 hours ago, PeterRS2 said: As for friends with whom we are able to share information about all that we do in life including some pretty intimate details, I know I only have a few. those are not friends , those are people sharing the same hobby. Friends are people who lift you up when you happen to be down and do it before you even start thinking to ask. jamiebee, Travelingguy, Olddaddy and 2 others 5 Quote
PeterRS2 Posted July 21 Posted July 21 7 minutes ago, vinapu said: those are not friends , those are people sharing the same hobby. Friends are people who lift you up when you happen to be down and do it before you even start thinking to ask. Sounds like you have a bit of a one-track mind! Perhaps I was not clear but you seem to have picked up on a very minor point. Of course friends are for lifting you up and whom you also lift up when they are going through bad times. Friends develop an instinct for what the others are going through even before they tell you. Quote
vinapu Posted July 21 Posted July 21 10 minutes ago, PeterRS2 said: Sounds like you have a bit of a one-track mind! what one can expect ? I have IQ of 42 kokopelli3 1 Quote
Keithambrose Posted July 21 Posted July 21 18 hours ago, vinapu said: what one can expect ? I have IQ of 42 Was that 4.2? mauRICE and a-447 2 Quote
khaolakguy Posted July 22 Posted July 22 Hey Hey! I can't see the title of this thread without thinking of the Monkees and their first track. A bit of light relief. jimmie50 and PeterRS2 2 Quote
BjornAgain Posted July 22 Posted July 22 2 hours ago, khaolakguy said: Hey Hey! I can't see the title of this thread without thinking of the... For me, I keep thinking of "Hey Hey It's Saturday". Channel 9 Australia Saturday morning kids TV. Ran from 1971 for 29 years. Quote
floridarob Posted July 22 Posted July 22 8 hours ago, BjornAgain said: For me, I keep thinking of "Hey Hey It's Saturday". You're usually a bit different anyway 😄 BjornAgain 1 Quote
Olddaddy Posted July 22 Posted July 22 9 hours ago, BjornAgain said: For me, I keep thinking of "Hey Hey It's Saturday". Channel 9 Australia Saturday morning kids TV. Ran from 1971 for 29 years. Then it went to Saturday nights until that silly American singer had it suspended off the network for some weeks for complaints against a racist joke Was it Harry Connick junior ? I can't remember but he complained that the hosts were painting their faces black just like Al Jolson and it was taken off the network for awhile BjornAgain 1 Quote
PeterRS2 Posted July 23 Posted July 23 19 hours ago, khaolakguy said: Hey Hey! I can't see the title of this thread without thinking of the Monkees and their first track. Unlike quite a few people, I actually liked the Monkees. Way back, I actually met through a friend the lead singer Davy Jones who was then still a teenager acting the Artful Dodger in the musical Oliver in London. He was gorgeously cute but having had four wives obviously very straight. Sadly he died some years ago when in his 60s. Ruthrieston and Londoner 2 Quote
Londoner Posted July 23 Posted July 23 Yes. Very cute. None of the others were. My interests don't include pop music, far from it, but I caught Daydream Believer on YouTube recently and it's a good tune even if its words are silly. daydreamer 1 Quote
PeterRS2 Posted July 23 Posted July 23 3 hours ago, Londoner said: Yes. Very cute. None of the others were. My interests don't include pop music, far from it, but I caught Daydream Believer on YouTube recently and it's a good tune even if its words are silly. I also liked Dayream Believer. Interesting, I think, that in 1967 The Monkees albums outsold all the Beatles and Rolling Stones albums put together. Davy Jones is still frequently included in lists of the Best Teen Idols of All time - usually around #10 - #20. I caught the pop bug when the Beatles and some solo artists appeared. Arguably the best song writer of the day was Burt Bacharach. Although his muse was Dionne Warwick, he wrote for many singers. Those Bacharach numbers I really enjoyed (some co-written with Hal David) were "Anyone Who Had A Heart" and "Walk On By" with Dionne Warwick and covered in the UK by Cilla Black; "The Look of Love" with Dusty Springfield; "Always Something There to Remind You" for Sandie Shaw; "Alfie" for Cilla Black; and "What's New Pussycat?" for Tom Jones. Incidentally the lyrics of another Dusty Springfield hit "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" were co-authored by a top music industry professional who used to live in Jomtien. One other number I kept on playing was Roy Orbison's "It's Over", a great song very well sung. And later Eric Carmen's "All by Myself". That was the one which got him into trouble. A classically trained pianist he loved Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto and the song is mostly lifted out of themes from the second movement. Unknown to Carmen, while Rachmaninov was out of copyright in the USA where it was recorded it was still copyright material in the rest of the world. As a result the Rachmaninov estate earned 12% royalties. Since the original song sold over a million copies, I reckon the estate must have earned seomthing like $100,000. Ruthrieston 1 Quote
BjornAgain Posted July 23 Posted July 23 4 hours ago, PeterRS2 said: Unlike quite a few people, I actually liked the Monkees. Way back, I actually met through a friend the lead singer Davy Jones who was then still a teenager acting the Artful Dodger in the musical Oliver in London. He was gorgeously cute but having had four wives obviously very straight. Sadly he died some years ago when in his 60s. Same can be said of the bloke that replaced him in 1964, he went on to have 3 wives. His name, Phil Collins. Quote
vinapu Posted July 23 Posted July 23 7 hours ago, PeterRS2 said: He was gorgeously cute but having had four wives obviously very straight. 2 hours ago, BjornAgain said: Same can be said of the bloke that replaced him in 1964, he went on to have 3 wives. His name, Phil Collins. both gays , it's why they could not hold to women for longer period Ruthrieston and PeterRS2 1 1 Quote
Londoner Posted July 23 Posted July 23 I'm trying to remember Noel Coward's description of pop-music- something about it being "fixed" in a particular time in our lives and accordingly able to induce nostalgia. The songs of the Sixties certainly do that for me. Particular moments, memories, people. And why the 60s? Obviously; my adolescence, the time of change and awakening. It was also when I discovered Gustav Mahler; I still love and listen to his music, but none of it evokes the past like pop music does. Is it that "high art" speaks to all times, from the tragedies of Aeschylus, though the music of Mozart to that of today? vinapu, Ruthrieston and Keithambrose 3 Quote
Keithambrose Posted July 23 Posted July 23 On 7/22/2026 at 10:36 AM, khaolakguy said: Hey Hey! I can't see the title of this thread without thinking of the Monkees and their first track. A bit of light relief. +1 Quote
Members daydreamer Posted July 24 Members Posted July 24 18 hours ago, Londoner said: I caught Daydream Believer on YouTube recently and it's a good tune even if its words are silly. The lyrics automatically generated by YouTube's closed captioning are not at all accurate. YouTube could really improve their CC greatly. I turn off CC when watching YouTube, since there are so many errors. A couple examples from the song Daydream Believer: CC - My shaven razores (sic) go cold and it sings Actual - My shavin' razor's cold and it stings CC - Cheer up sleepy jeans. You once thought of me as a white knight on his feet Actual - Cheer up, sleepy Jean. You once thought of me as a white knight on his steed PeterRS2 1 Quote
PeterRS2 Posted July 24 Posted July 24 I'd never use YouTube for lyrics of any type of music. There are plenty of lyric-specific sites to check on exact wording. This for Daydream Believer, for example - https://genius.com/The-monkees-daydream-believer-lyrics daydreamer 1 Quote
Keithambrose Posted July 24 Posted July 24 17 hours ago, Londoner said: I'm trying to remember Noel Coward's description of pop-music- something about it being "fixed" in a particular time in our lives and accordingly able to induce nostalgia. The songs of the Sixties certainly do that for me. Particular moments, memories, people. And why the 60s? Obviously; my adolescence, the time of change and awakening. It was also when I discovered Gustav Mahler; I still love and listen to his music, but none of it evokes the past like pop music does. Is it that "high art" speaks to all times, from the tragedies of Aeschylus, though the music of Mozart to that of today? For me it is the Hollies! However classical music can do it too for me, Alfred Brendel playing Schubert at the QEH, Claudia Arrau, Liszt, at the RFH, Goodall conducting Tristan at the ENO. PeterRS2 and Londoner 2 Quote
Keithambrose Posted July 24 Posted July 24 Just now, Keithambrose said: For me it is the Hollies! However classical music can do it too for me, Alfred Brendel playing Schubert at the QEH, Claudia Arrau, Liszt, at the RFH, Goodall conducting Tristan at the ENO. I should add, Tom Lehrer in concert in London, 1968 or 69, I remember it like yesterday! PeterRS2 1 Quote
Londoner Posted July 24 Posted July 24 I liked the Hollies, too. The tunes were better back then. And the singers were frequently prettier. PeterRS2 1 Quote
Keithambrose Posted July 24 Posted July 24 1 hour ago, Londoner said: I liked the Hollies, too. The tunes were better back then. And the singers were frequently prettier. Herman's Hermits, Peter Noone!! Patanawet, PeterRS2 and khaolakguy 3 Quote
khaolakguy Posted July 24 Posted July 24 4 hours ago, Keithambrose said: Herman's Hermits, Peter Noone!! +1 Quote
